Fence-stay.



No. 805,071. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. R. L. HORSLBY.

FENCE STAY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 4, 1905.

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ROBERT L. HORSLEY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, ASSIGN OR TO lNORTH WIRE WORKS, OF FORT lVORTH, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS.

FENCE-STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905 Application filed January 4, 1905. Serial No. 239,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. HoRsLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Worth, Texas, have invented a new and Improved Fence-Stay, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to fences, and more particularly to stays for bracing the line wires of fences where the lines are constructed of two or more strands twisted together; and the object is to provide a stay which will prevent vertical movement of the line-wires relative to each other and which cannot be moved longitudinally on the line-wires; and a further object is to provide a stay which can be put on easily and quickly without any special tool and which requires no tie or binding wire to hold the same in place.

Other objects and advantages will befully explained inthefollowing description, and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure'l is a side elevation of a section of a fence provided with the improved stay. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a section of'a stay,

' illustrating how the stay is adjustable so that it may be applied to line wires of different sizes.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout both vlews.

The improved stay is applicable to any fence constructed of line-wires composed of two or more strands twisted together.

The stay is composed of two wires or rods formed into spirals. One of the wires A may be placed on the wires of the fence, and then the other wire B may be inserted from the.

top by screwing it down in the spiral of the wire A. The wires A and B engage the linewires O and D at points where one of the strands of the line-wires is directly above the other, so that the space between the wires A and B is required to be equal only to the diameter of one of the strands composing the line-wires O and D. One of the wires A or B may be passed between the strands of the line wires, as shown at E. Both the wires A and B can be screwed down at the same time and made to engage the line-wires. The line-wires may or may not be provided with barbs. Whenthe stays have been adjusted to their proper places, the ends of the wires A and B are bent down and partly around the top line-wire, as shown at the left of Fig. 1. The wires A and B may or may not be fastened to the bottom line-wire.

In the drawings one of the stays projects D. v The dotted outline shows how the wire A may be moved longitudinally to adapt the stay for use on a smaller wire, as shown in dotted lines at a. hen the wire A has been moved longitudinally for the purpose, it may be secured in the adjusted position by bending the upper end about the top line of the fence.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A stay for fences and similar objects comprising two wires formed into spirals of similar mesh whereby one of said wires may be screwed on the wires of a fence and se cured thereto and then the other wire screwed into the mesh of the first wire and made to engage the wires of the fence.

2. A stay for fences and similar objects comprising two wires formed into spirals and meshing with each other and provided with ends thereof adapted to engage the top line wire of a fence, either of said wires being adjustable longitudinally relative to the other whereby said stay is adapted to engage linewires of different sizes.

3. The combination with the line-wires of a fence having wires of two or more strands, of a stay for said fence consisting of two wires formed into spirals and one. wire screwed into the mesh of the other and engaging said line-wires and having the ends at one end of said stay bent to engage one of the line-wires.

4. The combination with the line-wires of a fence having the Wires thereof composed-of two or more strands twisted together, and

10 into the mesh of the other and having the ends thereof bent about the top line-Wire of the fence, the line-Wires of the fence being composed of strands twisted together.

In testimony whereof I set my hand, in

the presence of two Witnesses, this 24th day 15 of December, 1904.

ROBERT L. HORSLEY. W itnesses:

A. L. JAoKsoN, J. W. STITT. 

